Officials Participate in Rural Community Development Initiative
Participants from six towns in rural East Tennessee recently participated in the Rural Community Leadership Program (RCLP), a joint venture with the UT Municipal Technical Advisory Service (MTAS) and the UT Naifeh Center for Effective Leadership (NCEL).
RCLP was made possible through a grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Community Development Initiative. Twenty-two municipal staff and elected officials participated in the program. Participants were from Parrottsville, Greeneville, Surgoinsville, Elizabethton, Baileyton and Mosheim. The goal of the program was to provide education and training resources to municipal staff and elected officials to help them lead their communities in economic and community growth.
Those who completed the program are:
Holly Norton, Parrottsville | Kelly Kitchens, Elizabethton |
Sharon Peters, Parrottsville | Garrett Johnson, Elizabethton |
Cal Doty, Greeneville | Austin Depew, Elizabethton |
Tim Teague, Greenville | Jessica Brown, Baileyton |
Andrew Kerr, Greeneville | Rick Cunningham, Mosheim |
Tim Bowman, Greeneville | James Foshie, Mosheim |
Steve Spano, Greenville | Matthew Solomon, Mosheim |
Eric Price, Greeneville | Marc Campbell, Mosheim |
Lora Young, Greeneville | Stacy Carter, Mosheim |
Cathy Osborne, Greeneville | Martie Carpenter, TDEC |
Scott Keith, Greeneville | Bradley Smiddy, Tenn, Office of Energy Programs |
Megan Gentry, Surgoinsville |
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Matt Balogh, Elizabethton |
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The training sessions included topics on municipal leadership, service innovation, community growth, and community resilience to the adverse events impacting Tennessee communities.
To find out more about MTAS visit www.mtas.tennessee.edu and to learn more about the Naifeh Center visit www.leadership.tennessee.edu